The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Her older child’s teacher would rally kids back to class after breaks by sounding a police siren ?

Policies 144

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

She had to keep making payments, but now had no chance of leasing a car, getting a credit card or exercising other opportunities. Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women.

Groups 98

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

. “It looks good from the curb, but when you get inside you see that Black and brown people are worse off economically than in West Virginia — and no one wants to talk about it,” says Frank Brown, who heads Communities in Schools of Atlanta, an organization that runs dropout-prevention programs in Atlanta Public Schools.

Policies 110

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

Education 90

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 90